the winter olympic games are weeks away. russian president putin touring the olympic site in sochi, watching rehearsals for the opening ceremonies. the country also announcing it s reversing its ban on protests during the games. after bowing to pressure by the international olympic committee. security concerns are growing after recent terrorist attacks. forks news military analyst, general bob scales telling our own jamie colby earlier today that he takes putin s promise of extra security with a grain of salt. listen. there is a difference between extra and good. the federal security services and ministry of interior forces don t have a very good reputation for stopping terrorist events, certainly not in moscow. certainly not in vogelgrad and other place. there were 1500 terrorist events in chechnya over the last three
particular. and an opportunity to have some sort of cosmic event during the olympics is something that we need to be very concerned about. obviously very tempting to a terrorist organization or individual lone wolf terrorist. so you don t believe vladimir putin when he says he ll put extra security in place that will be sufficient? there s a difference between extra and good. the federal security services and the ministry of interior forces don t have a very good reputation for stopping terrorist events, certainly not in moscow, certainly not in volgograd and other places. there were 1,500 terrorist events in chechnya, right next door, over the last few years. the other thing, god forbid, if there s a hostage situation, the fss has a reputation of killing more innocents than they kill bad guys. the chechens have had an opportunity now. four years to plan this out.